This is not my idea but I have borrowed it from someone else and it has always been a hit in my classes.

Baker Street – Team Logic

Preparation:· Slips of paper with clues, cut up individually.· If you will draw the diagram on wallpaper, you may want to prepare it in advance.

Procedure:

Draw the following diagram on the board/whiteboard/wallpaper:

Name Marital Status Pet Book Drink

Outline the situation for your participants: “These are the five houses on Baker Street. One person lives in each house. The goal is to find out each person’s name, whether they’re married, what pet they own, which books they like, and what they like to drink.”

Pass out one clue to each participant. If you have fewer than 20 participants, give each person more than one slip until you run out. If you have more than 20 participants, cut up more than one copy of each and pass out duplicates.

Do not let participants read each other’s clues. They must speak and listen to identify, as a group, what they learn from each clue. The facilitator’s only role is to remind participants, as needed, to speak only in English.